Women centre begs for more funding
Women centre begs for more funding
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Funding
By Olasunkanmi Onifade
Abuja, Feb. 14, 2018 (NAN) Mrs Mary Ekpere-Eta, the Director-General, National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), has called on the National Assembly to increase the funding allocations to boost women empowerment in the country.
She made the appeal while receiving the House of House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development on Wednesday in Abuja.
Ekpere-Eta solicited for increased funding especially in skill acquisition for women.
The director-general said the empowerment of women would eliminate social vices among youths and promote self reliance.
The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Stella Ngwu, who led her colleagues, expressed satisfaction with the level of work being undertaken by the centre.
Ngwu noted that in spite of limited resources the centre had been able to achieve its mandate.
“We are here for an oversight function with the Women Development Centre; we want to know what the centre was able to do with their 2017 budget so that we know how to appropriate money for 2018.
“We were told that 50 per cent was released in 2017, even with the 50 per cent they got they have not done badly at all.
“We are satisfied with what we saw, especially with the Cancer diagnosis centre, Creche and some of the projects the contractors are yet to start,” she said.
However, the chairman said the committee would return in two weeks for more engagement. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola